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Washington news with a Texas accentFri, 13 Feb 2015 22:20:13 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.290-year-old Rep. Ralph Hall seeks another term to ‘help elect the next Republican president’http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2013/05/90-year-old-rep-ralph-hall-seeks-another-term-to-help-elect-the-next-republican-president/
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2013/05/90-year-old-rep-ralph-hall-seeks-another-term-to-help-elect-the-next-republican-president/#commentsWed, 08 May 2013 17:00:13 +0000http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/?p=64742http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2013/05/90-year-old-rep-ralph-hall-seeks-another-term-to-help-elect-the-next-republican-president/feed/0Cybersecurity: Kay Bailey Hutchison condemns Obama’s ‘heavy handed, regulatory regime’http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/09/cybersecurity-kay-bailey-hutchison-condemns-obamas-heavy-handed-regulatory-regime/
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/09/cybersecurity-kay-bailey-hutchison-condemns-obamas-heavy-handed-regulatory-regime/#commentsTue, 18 Sep 2012 15:05:56 +0000http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/?p=43980http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/09/cybersecurity-kay-bailey-hutchison-condemns-obamas-heavy-handed-regulatory-regime/feed/2Presidential tickets in a word: Failure, rich, incompetent, scaryhttp://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/09/presidential-tickets-in-a-word-failure-rich-incompetent-scary/
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/09/presidential-tickets-in-a-word-failure-rich-incompetent-scary/#commentsFri, 07 Sep 2012 21:48:46 +0000http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/?p=43048http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2012/09/presidential-tickets-in-a-word-failure-rich-incompetent-scary/feed/2GOP candidates to Rick Perry: Not exactly a warm welcomehttp://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/08/gop-candidates-to-rick-perry-not-exactly-a-warm-welcome/
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/08/gop-candidates-to-rick-perry-not-exactly-a-warm-welcome/#commentsFri, 12 Aug 2011 17:52:31 +0000http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/?p=18468Gov. Rick Perry is in. His spokesman confirmed Thursday that the governor will campaign for the 2012 presidential election.
Though the public has been waiting on this decision for months, the other GOP contenders have a few words for Perry. Read their thoughts on Perry's entrance into the race.]]>http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/08/gop-candidates-to-rick-perry-not-exactly-a-warm-welcome/feed/0‘Americans for Rick Perry’ is pushing for Iowa straw poll write-in voteshttp://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/08/americans-for-rick-perry-is-pushing-for-iowa-straw-poll-write-in-votes/
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/08/americans-for-rick-perry-is-pushing-for-iowa-straw-poll-write-in-votes/#commentsWed, 10 Aug 2011 13:55:47 +0000http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/?p=18332Americans for Perry rode into Iowa today in this decked-out van. During the next several days, they will follow the Values Voter Bus on its 22-city tour, ending with Saturday's straw poll.
As Perry nears an official declaration of candidacy in the presidential race, his loyalists are pushing for voters to write him in on the straw poll ballot. ]]>http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/08/americans-for-rick-perry-is-pushing-for-iowa-straw-poll-write-in-votes/feed/0Perry Watch: DC insiders rank Rick Perry second to Mitt Romney for GOP nominationhttp://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/08/perry-watch-dc-insiders-rank-rick-perry-second-to-mitt-romney-for-gop-nomination/
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/08/perry-watch-dc-insiders-rank-rick-perry-second-to-mitt-romney-for-gop-nomination/#commentsThu, 04 Aug 2011 20:49:50 +0000http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/?p=17916It doesn't matter that Gov. Rick Perry hasn't declared a candidacy for the 2012 presidential race, he still beat out Tim Pawlenty and Michele Bachmann in a National Journal poll of Republican political insiders.
Perry ranked second in the poll, less than 20 percentage points behind front-runner Mitt Romney and far ahead of declared candidates Jon Huntsman, Herman Cain and fellow Texan Ron Paul.]]>http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/08/perry-watch-dc-insiders-rank-rick-perry-second-to-mitt-romney-for-gop-nomination/feed/0TexMessage: Ron Paul gets good vibrations in Iowahttp://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/08/texmessage-ron-paul-gets-good-vibrations-in-iowa/
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/08/texmessage-ron-paul-gets-good-vibrations-in-iowa/#commentsThu, 04 Aug 2011 08:26:57 +0000http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/?p=17790Rep. Ron Paul, R-Lake Jackson, is pulling out the stops to convince voters to make him President Paul. The congressman is making stops around the U.S. — with special attention to Iowa — as he prepares for the Aug. 13 Ames straw poll.
Meanwhile Gov. Rick Perry, who has not even declared candidacy for president, outranked all the other GOP presidential hopefuls in a poll of Virginians. ]]>http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/08/texmessage-ron-paul-gets-good-vibrations-in-iowa/feed/0The Week Ahead: Boehner fails to raise the debt ceiling for Asian markets, parties play chicken with debt reductionhttp://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/07/the-week-ahead-boehner-fails-to-raise-the-debt-ceiling-for-asian-markets-parties-play-chicken-with-debt-reduction/
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/07/the-week-ahead-boehner-fails-to-raise-the-debt-ceiling-for-asian-markets-parties-play-chicken-with-debt-reduction/#commentsMon, 25 Jul 2011 04:18:54 +0000http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/?p=16813As Congress and the Obama administration continue debt negotiations, a number of plans have arisen but members of both parties are still playing a game of chicken, waiting for the other to back down.
Speaker John Boehner attempted to shape a plan to raise the debt ceiling Sunday to save the financial markets in Sydney, Tokyo and Hong Kong. The effort was in vain, the markets opened weak but intact.]]>http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/07/the-week-ahead-boehner-fails-to-raise-the-debt-ceiling-for-asian-markets-parties-play-chicken-with-debt-reduction/feed/0Perry Watch: Mike Huckabee tweaks Rick Perry for a “newfound commitment to hyper-conservatism”http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/07/perry-watch-mike-huckabee-tweaks-rick-perry-for-a-newfound-commitment-to-hyper-conservatism/
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/07/perry-watch-mike-huckabee-tweaks-rick-perry-for-a-newfound-commitment-to-hyper-conservatism/#commentsFri, 22 Jul 2011 17:41:09 +0000http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/?p=16648Mike Huckabee would not be named among Gov. Rick Perry's bigger fans. The former Arkansas governor and 2008 presidential candidate has sent an email to followers that criticized Perry while exposing some old wounds from Huckabee's run in the 2008 presidential race. ]]>http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/07/perry-watch-mike-huckabee-tweaks-rick-perry-for-a-newfound-commitment-to-hyper-conservatism/feed/0Perry Watch: Rick Perry supporters write a song telling him “it’s time for Perry”http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/07/perry-watch-rick-perry-supporters-write-a-song-telling-him-its-time-for-perry/
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/07/perry-watch-rick-perry-supporters-write-a-song-telling-him-its-time-for-perry/#commentsFri, 22 Jul 2011 16:25:18 +0000http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/?p=16628After months of noncommittal mulling, people are telling Gov. Rick Perry, "it's time."
TimeforPerry.com, a website launched Wednesday, is adding to the dozens of Facebook pages and enthusiastic Republicans urging Perry to throw his hat in the ring for a presidential run. Plus there's a song. Listen to it here.]]>http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/07/perry-watch-rick-perry-supporters-write-a-song-telling-him-its-time-for-perry/feed/0